Dancing By Moonlight

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"This night is sparkling

Don't you let it go

I'm wonderstruck

Blushing all the way home

I'll spend forever

Wondering if you knew

I was enchanted to meet you."

-Enchanted-Taylor Swift-

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Alexandra Dove was an ordinary girl. Living in what she thought was an ordinary world.

An ordinary town that had a few strange hijinks at times. Ordinary people.

How wrong she was.

She woke up early that morning, groaning lightly as she turned over in her warm and more than inviting bed. But now she opened an eye blearily, spying the time-

The alarm hadn't even gone off yet.

Alexandra sighed, then reached over and switched it off, sitting up and getting to her feet, feeling them lead her to the bathroom where she stared at her honey blonde hair that looked more like a birds nest, her dark sapphire eyes tired and a tad bloodshot.

Urgh.

After untangling her hair so it fell past her shoulders a tiny fraction in a slightly wavy way, she went over to the bedroom window and pulled the curtains open, staring out over Mystic Falls-

It had been snowing overnight, for she could see a very light covering of white on the grass and house roofs.

What a pretty picture with the mild fog.

Alexandra got ready swiftly, pulling on her uniform with a yawn, picking up her bag for the afternoon shift at the Mystic Grill. Why she still worked there eluded her. Maybe it was the idea of meeting new people all the time.

Well today she would be meeting someone new. Old to the town by a thousand years, but new to this day and age.

-DancingByMoonlight-

Alexandra poured out the Coke in silence, wondering why she felt quite so gloomy. Maybe it was because of her family being so... so... well, uncooperative and next to thrown her out to fend for herself.

And then there was Jamie. The man she'd fallen for, genuinely loved... who had just been playing with her heart, leaving it on the floor to head back to another girl.

Why was life such a bitch-?

Alexandras first impression of the handsome young man walking over to the bar and sitting down there, glancing up at the menu behind the counter with what looked like to her-

Intrigued and a kind of confusion as he looked at the prices.

"Can I get you anything?" She asked him as she set a clean glass down behind the bar, and he looked to her and went. "You do wine?"

"Mmhmm, yes. White or red?"

"Red thank you." He told her, then Alexandra went. "I only have Echo Falls left. Is that ok?"

He looked a tad confused, but nodded. "Yes, it's fine."

Alexandra looked at him a little closer- short dark brown hair that was carelessly all over the place, dark eyes that were looking to his pocket as he rummaged through it, pulling out a bunch of coins and notes.

He looked so confused- like he'd never seen that type of money before.

"Are you foreign?" She asked now, and he looked up, chuckling. "No, actually I was born in this town. It's just... I've been away for a long, long time."

"Oh, another country?" Alexandra guessed, and he paused, then told her. "I suppose so." He chuckled. "It's like being dead for a hundred years, then getting woken up in a new world."

Alex raised an eyebrow at that-

What a strange, strange comparison that was.

Crazy bloke.

Then again, all the hot guys were crazy these days, this one no exception.

"Let me-" She mused, reaching forwards and counted out the correct money from the pile, going afterwards. "There."

He nodded, then went. "Thanks. I'm a little out of the loop."

Alexandra felt bad for the poor man, so she went. "Well, I could educate you if you want. Place is empty, I have the time."

He was taken aback by her generosity, then nodded. "I would be delighted."

She smiled at that, then pulled up a stool opposite him, reaching forwards and took one of each coin and note from his small pile, telling him how many were in each one, what they were called.

He listened intently, then picked up the quarter, going. "Four of these in a dollar?"

"That's right." Alexandra smiled, and he nodded, setting the coin down, going. "Well, I think I understand now." He looked to the helpful little human woman, then went. "What's your name?"

"Alexandra. But I prefer Alex. Alexandra sounds... so formal."

He chuckled, then went. "Kol."

"Cole?"

"No, no- Kol." He corrected her, and Alex chuckled, going. "Sorry. It's just, you never hear that kind of name around these days."

"I bet not." Kol mused, then sipped his red wine, thankful that it's richness hadn't disappeared in a hundred years. Something good had come out of all this family palava.

Alex watched him for a moment, a flash of sadness shooting through his eyes, then a kind of anger and frustration that it looked like he needed to vent before he ended up hitting something.

Inside he seemed so very angry at something.

"Do you like dancing?" He suddenly asked now, taking her aback and she frowned. "Excuse me?"

"Dancing. Ballroom, that kind of thing." He went, taking another sip of his wine, and Alex went. "Uh, I've never tried it."

"Would you like to? There's a ball next week."

Alexandra was silent, then went. "Ah, I suppose so. But a ba-?"

"Excellent. Come by my home and I'll teach you."

"But-?"

"I need a partner, I am in your debt for your kindness- I'm not taking No for an answer."

What a stubborn man. Alexandra thought now, then scoffed. "You could be some kind of freak. Lock me in the basement and feed me to rats."

Kol raised an eyebrow, then chuckled lightly. "Not in the basement. That would be too rude... maybe the attic."

They met each others eyes, the other determined not to be the one to look away first, but eventually, it was Alexandra who looked away, seeing his triumphant little smirk that seemed more playful than anything.

"You are a stubborn man, Kol."

"It's what they tell me." He agreed, draining his glass with another little smirk.

Alexander was silent, then went. "Well, if I'm going to be shoved in an attic, where do you live?"

"White mansion at the end of-"

"The newly renovated one-? Wow." She was impressed- that house had been on the market for so very long, and then the For Sale signs had vanished. She thought stolen, but it really had been sold as the workers started flooding in.

No one knew who had bought the place though. It was a mystery.

"How many live there?" She had to ask, intrigued. Kol just went. "Come over and find out for yourself."

It was almost a dare, and Alexandra smirked. "Ok then. I finish at two tomorrow afternoon. I'll be there at half past."

"It's a date." Kol told her, and Alexandra watched him get to his feet, picking up his black jacket from the stool next to him, pulling it on over his grey t-shirt with the long sleeves pushed up to his elbows. He nodded to her, then added. "Ask for Kol if one of my siblings answers."

And if it's Niklaus, please kick him in the balls for me. Thanks my dear.

Alexandra didn't get chance to say anything as he walked off towards the door, and she raised an eyebrow.

She'd been wrong-

Not all the people living in this town were ordinary.

And sooo! The promised Kol/OC fic! Don't know about you all, but I'm hooked on the man already... and he's only said 3 words:L well, from the next few episode spoilers and blah, here's my interpretation and it'll all lead up to next Thursday when we have our ball in Dangerous Liaisons;D hope you like and give it a shot! Reviews much loved^_^ x Nic

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